We describe a patient with Chlamydia pneumoniae infection who presented with cerebellar dysfunction, followed by respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. C. pneumoniae is an important respiratory pathogen, and other clinical manifestations, including neurological syndromes, are being increasingly recognized. Meningoencephalitis and other neurological complications have also been de...

Systemic medical conditions may cause central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction. It is important to recognize that the function of all organ systems is to keep the brain alive. If treatment is initiated for systemic organ failure (i.e., medication, transplantation, surgery), these may be associated with other types of neurological disorders. Rather than memorizing lists of neurological ...

Normal bladder function depends on the complex interaction of sensory and motor pathways. Bladder dysfunction can develop as a result of several neurological conditions. It can happen in a number of ways, including diabetic cystopathy, detrusor overactivity, bladder outlet obstruction, and urge and stress urinary incontinence. Diabetic neuropathy is the most common cause of peripheral neuropath...

pediatric neurological disorders including muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury are defined as a heterogenous group of diseases, of which some are known to be genetic. the two significant features represented for stem cells, leading to distinguish them from other cell types are addressed as below: they can renew themselves besides the ability to differentiate into cells wi...

Overview. Male sexual dysfunction includes disorders of libido and of erectile and ejaculatory function. Erectile dysfunction or impotence is a common symptom in many neurologic diseases. Peripheral neuropathies, cauda equina syndrome, pelvic and pudendal nerve lesions, and spinal cord trauma and diseases as well as many disorders of higher brain centers, such as trauma, parkinsonism, Alzheimer...

A 69-year-old woman with severe rheumatoid arthritis was admitted with rigors 3 weeks following a left total knee replacement. She had a severe deforming arthropathy with an unstable cervi-cal spine and had had multiple joint replacements. She was being treated with prednisolone and penicillamine. The left knee was slightly warm but there was no effusion or restriction of movement. There were n...

OBJECTIVE--To determine whether the delayed conduction through the spinal cord and peripheral nerves seen in patients with AIDS is related to infection with HIV or to the presence of an immunodeficient state. DESIGN--Two year prospective follow up study of electrophysiological measurements in subjects positive for HIV antibody but without AIDS. SETTING--HIV screening clinic and clinical departm...